Speak For Yourself with Cowherd and Whitlock I guess so. I’m not happy about the trade only because there is nobody still has a chance against the warriors
N` chan . Yeah it’s really fun looking back with hindsight and seeing how right or wrong these “analysts” are. A few were mostly correct, but most were wrong about this trade and Kawhi. And with hindsight, some of their predictions are so hilariously wrong I can’t help but laugh.
@@carlbennett4485 yep. the final two rounds of the playoffs were a non-stop party; the streets of the city were electric. "Yonge Street will be alive tonight...", Mike Foligno 1993 :)
demar defrozen is trash, froze against lebron for i lost count. kwahi shows up in big games defends n can give 30 at any given time, there is zero comparison it's night n day. u put kwahi in that toronto team against cleveland last playoff, they eliminate the cavs.
The worst thing about letting go of Kawhi is that he may only be the 2nd or 3rd best player in the league, but he was always the best player on the floor - even when facing Houston, Golden State, or Cleveland.
Oh man these analysts sucks. Toronto benefits by dumping Demar huge contract and take one year risk if not work then goes to rebuilding stage with huge cap space available next year.
Did Whitlock just imply DeRozan may be better than Kawhi? Yeah, I'm done. Kawhi is top 3, DeRozan is more in the top 15 category. But oh well let's see how this season turns out.
its JV Kawhi ain't top 3, Lebron KD, Curry, Anthony Davis are all better. He is fighting for 5th place at most, played in the same system and for one of the best coaches of all time his entire career, had one single season of 26 & 6, below average passer, average rebounder and his career averages are a poor role player like 16/6/2. Very good 2 way player but he was injured for like a year and we don't know if he is healthy and how good he is outside of the Spurs system.
Ppl hate on Whitlock. Whitlock be on point. Rs. DeRozen doesn't miss inside the 3. I can't wait to see him in Pop system. That jumper will be open all day. We haven't seen the best of DeRozen.
Agree with your conclusion Pop and his staff will improve DD. But your premise is wrong Whitlock sucks, even a blind squirrel can find a nut ...so every once in a while he makes a good point. My only problem with DD is his salary and defense. Offensively he can play.
Doesn’t matter. He doesn’t help the spurs beat anyone. They just took on his bad contract for no reason. Demar derozen will never be an important piece of a championship team. He’s not good enough
Denny Kaleal lol how is his contract bad paying him 28 mil a year for a top 15 player when most are getting 35-40 mil a year then you got guys like Hayward’s Blake and Paul millsap making 35 mil
Denny Kaleal they still got a all star player in return those guys just don’t grow on trees. Nobody is saying they are gonna win a championship with derozan but at least u got a star in return. Ppl forget that San Antonio is a small market team despite their success so it’s important for them to get starts when they can they are not a big time free agency destination
If I was a Spurs fan I'd be thrilled to get a guy like DeRozen for a player that wanted out anyway. Looking forward to seeing what Pop does with him and how he responds. I'm also interested in seeing whether Leonard was a product of superior coaching or if he truly is one of the top 5 in the game....
KL Burned bridges??...who made this a circus by having T. Parker et al challenge in the media if his injury was legit?? When have you ever heard NBA players criticizing other's injuries in public?
@Mongul Corps use the muscle between your ears for once. He was still out there performing and helped SAS have the lead on GSW until the Injury via Z. Pachulia. Once again; its taboo for players to criticize others injuries and contracts especially being on the same team. Hence no desire to rush back out there feeling betrayed by the Organization. KL isn't from the military, nor a foreign player and still passed the SAS personality exam when Drafted (which will be fine-tuned as SAS looks for Beta not Alpha personality traits).
BlimpCityFeeder Its speculation, no one really knows went on. Dont believe everything you hear in the media. What‘s true is that KL hasn‘t played in about a year or so.
You're taking it out of context. But You're right. Parker had no idea what he was saying at the time he said it. When he left to charlotte he even said he only meant to answer the question that was asked which was about the extent of his injury compared to Leonard's. Like if somebody asked you who has more money between Bill Gates and Tim Tebow. You'd laugh and say Bill Gates has 100 times more money than Tim Tebow. That's absurd to ask that question lol. But that's all it was to him. What's worse to you and be honest? A freak accident where your have a rupture in your thigh muscle while playing basketball (TP) or getting elbowed or kneed in the thigh and it being severely bruised (KL) lol? I mean the injuries aren't even close. That's how absurd this has all been because we know Tony shouldn't have said that, but that comment wouldn't have made players like Kobe or MJ even flinch. That's what the raptors, and potentially lakers, get to deal with lol. As a lifetime Spurs fan, I'm ecstatic we got an all star like DeRozan out of this. His footwork and dribbling in the paint is ridiculous and he's light years ahead of Leonard in that aspect.
Alot of people forget the Spurs won 49 games without Kawhi even playing last year. They essentially added Derozan who is much better than people realise. The guy can go get 40 no problem he just hit his prime last year. Trust me, I actually watch raptor games.
Lethargic Tendencies yes bro I do. The Raptors is a young inexperienced franchise with little to no success. Demar helped that franchise to consecutive playoffs and a conference finals. The Spurs is a winning organization. I expect him to improve there. But yes, I think the Raptors can get to the finals this year.
Both teams did well but it is clear that the gamble was worth it for Toronto. If Kawhi stays and OG is finally healthy, the Raptors could come out of the East once again.
This didn't age very well. Kawhi won a championship with the Raptors and DeRozan game didn't improve in Sam Antonio. Antonio Daniel's was the only one on point here.
OMG Jason Whitlock, are you kidding? You talk like Kawhi Leonard did not even know what a basketball was when he was drafted by the Spurs!! I am an avid Kawhi Leonard fan and I am here to tell you I have watched dozens and dozens and dozens of videos from his high school and SDSC!! He needed very little tweaking when he arrived! Has it ever occurred to you that because SDSC is very small; thus, he was not well-known! Right? As I stated previously, I am a Kawhi fan but not a Spurs fan!
You have seen the best of DeRozan he’s 29 years old he’s not gonna get much better spurs just did this to spite Kawhi & the Lakers this was not the best deal they could’ve got period
Yeah, let's just keep emphasizing that Derozan is an All Star "in the East" and completely ignore that he's a two-time reigning All-NBA player in the NBA, across both conferences.
So excited that San Antonio now have TWO 1st round picks. Spurs are always getting late round picks, now they can get two 1st round picks with high potential.
Derozen will be the same player as last year , up and down 3pt shooting , mid-range & post scoring , dunks but it will be easier buckets and more efficient buckets
What some people are missing regarding people, saying Kawhi is a system player, is that people are not talking about Kawhi's TALENT being the reason he is a system player its his MENTALITY. Pop had to literally will this dude into taking the shot and becoming an allstar. Kawhi's instincts are to sleek away from the limelight. It will interesting to see if he will still try to be the top guy or take a more passive role as he has done in the past.
Is there any reason Toronto can’t immediately trade Kawhi to a Western Conference team like the Lakers? Kawhi says he doesn’t want to be in Toronto, they will get out from under DeRozans contract, and they can collect a lot of pieces that could facilitate a faster rebuild.
Multiple league sources also told ESPN that the Spurs have grown worried that Leonard’s group has an ulterior motive to fray the relationship and get Leonard traded to a larger market such as Los Angeles (Leonard’s hometown) or New York or Philadelphia (Robertson lives in New Jersey). Details also come out about Robertson and his prospective endgame: Several current and former associates and colleagues describe Robertson as “difficult” and portray an ambitious family member trying to parlay his nephew’s success into his own marketing company. According to multiple agents at other firms who met with Robertson in the past few years, he was interested in starting a business similar to LeBron James’ marketing company, LRMR, and enlisting their services because he was not a certified player
when did kawhi achieve this top 3 top 5 player status?? what does he do that klay thompson can't or doesnt do? he cant be top 3 because the warriors have 3 players better than him. he cant be top 3 becuase AD and lebron are better as well. ad in kyrie westbrook, harden and possibly lilliard im very confused by this narrative.
Derozan is going to have a better season than Kawhi this year. The Spurs are going to utilize his skill set better than the Raptors ever did. Kawhi hasn’t proven that he can play outside of that system.
To Colin’s point on his show, DeRozan is a good player 9 years in the NBA. Show me a good player that suddenly became a superstar because they switched teams.
If you value advanced stats take a look at the best Raptor lineups over the past 3 seasons. DeMar DeRozan isn't included in any of them, he's a NET negative on the court statistically. But if anyone can turn him into a NET positive it's Gregg Popovich.
Being coached by pop he will be a beast for them !! Middle of him prime at that ?? And they have Lonnie walker , Marco belinelli , and manu & Jakob off the be bench . Aldridge , Murray , pau & Rudy starting in pop System ?? That’s a 55+ team plus DeRozan is more of a leader verbally ill be happy with that
Wowwww this did not age well with the exception of Antonio spurs lost a superstar level player for a empty stat guy which the league has plenty they confuse with superstardom....not the same thing all NBA and all star are levels apart
Spurs system makes anybody look great ...thats how the roger masons jr and george hills got there first big contracts...first time ever agreeing with whitlock
DeRozan gonna flourish in pops system... it was a decent trade kawhi was leaving anyway and they got an all star caliber player.. the way kawhi acting i can see him retiring in 5 years.. quote that
Daniels was right. The Lakers should have snatched him up. Lebron will be 34, they just said this season is a wash in LA. They’re hoping they’ll get Kawhi next year, but next year anything can happen.
Those three players Whitlock mentioned, Robertson, Parker and Ginobli are all guys who worked in a Discipled type system. Robertson with Navy and the other two are from overseas with disciple type coaches. Kawhi and other young players coming to the Spurs are't.